Afrodisias, Turkey

Afrodisias was our last classical stop before we laid out on the open waters of the Medaterranean Sea.

Toren Kapisi Gate

The gate to Afrodisias was probably the coolest looking structure other than the full size stadium. Surprisingly the structure is eighty five percent original, where as most structures here are fully reconstructed.

Maisie picking figs

I don't typically pick off fruit and eat it on the spot, but these fresh figs hit the spot. I felt like a kid stealing fruit from a neighbors tree.

Achillies and Penthesilea

There was a section called Aphrodisias-Sebasteion Reliefs inside the museum which contained way too many reliefs for me to look at. But this one shows Achilles supporting the Amazon queen Penthesilea who he had mortally wounded in battle, only to fall in love with her at that moment.